Quote from: malteser on March 19, 2018, 11:43:48 AM

Quote from: timerland on March 19, 2018, 06:02:35 AM

He's been online after this thread has been posted, so pretty much confirms that he is indeed a con artist.

You should never send first with any method other than the ones that you know are reversible. Otherwise, simply go through an escrow. 100 GBP is a pretty high amount at stake here. The reason that he sent you a payment link instead of email for the skrill payment is probably avoid any future chargebacks since you can't prove who you were dealing with or what goods you were buying.

He's merely a member on the forum, so his account is definitely worth less than the amount he scammed. Take this as a lesson - don't believe in people, unless they use escrow. Also Amazon GCs are dangerous to work with even with escrow, as they themselves often are fraudulently obtained.

Yes I saw he was online

Hes blocked me on telegram too

One tick instead of two so im blocked.

I can probably get half my money back as my skrill was funded by a cc but i dont get why someone would scam for 80 gbp.

If you are able to get a chargeback through either skrill or your CC company then it's going to eb a full refund minus any fees incurred through the chargeback. It's not going to be a half refund if you do get a refund, that is for sure.

As warningsigns said, people are just crazy here and you'll find scammers of high rank trying to scam someone from the value of a lunch.

To protect yourself, you never ever deal with anyone with reversible methods(if you're receiving a reversible payment method such as PP, gift cards, that is), you never deal with anyone without escrow, unless you are using a method that you feel confident that you can charge back if anything was to go wrong. But still doesn't beat escrow, that is the fail safe way to do business around here.